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Banffshire, N.B., a sample of the kite which he has 

 used for some years, and has supplied to many private 

 customers, as well as members of the gun trade. 

 From a careful examination we are satisfied that in 

 mechanical construction it is superior to those already 

 in the market, and we are assured by a friend, in 

 whom we place the fullest reliance, that he has on 

 several occasions shot under it with great advantage. 

 It is made of varying materials, to suit the strength of 

 the wind, the lightest being of very thin cane clothed 

 with sarsenet, and this, we are assured, can be flown 

 in a very light wind indeed. 



" The great difficulty with all kites, as we have 

 found by experience, is to fly them so as not to 

 disturb the ground to be beaten, and yet to avoid 

 going down wind with the dogs. With the ordinary 

 kite it is only with a steady and fairly strong wind 

 that the kite can be flown down the beat, while to 

 send a man in front of it some few hundred yards, 

 over the unbeaten ground, is fatal to success. Over 

 wild moorlands the Irvine kite can be flown in a slant j 

 by the side of the moor to be beaten ; while over 

 partridge ground, where game is pretty thick, 

 the best plan, according to our experience, is 

 to fly it down wind, and while over each field 

 to be beaten, the shooters and dogs should quietly 

 go down under one of the sides, outside the 

 fence if possible, and beat the ground against the 

 wind. When this is done, dogs can be used with as 



